Curriculum Overview

Learn more about the data science program at Northwestern’s School of Professional Studies website.

Information sessions are designed for prospective graduate students. They cover the Master of Science in Data Science (MSDS) program and associated certificate programs. See slides from a recent information session.

School of Professional Studies distance learning courses follow an asynchronous educational model with occasional synchronous sessions. A syllabus from MSDS 485 Data Governance, Ethics, and Law shows how coursework is organized across a ten-week term.

The pages below provide additional information about the MSDS program.